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U.S. Launches Drone Strikes in Somalia

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Targeting Islamic extremist groups al-Shabab and ISIS.

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The U.S. military said on Sunday that it had carried out three drone strikes in Somalia within 24 hours. The strikes targeted Islamic extremist groups al-Shabab and ISIS. A U.S. Africa Command spokeswoman told the AP that the strikes killed “several” militants. Somalia has seen a wave of terror attacks in recent weeks, including a truck explosion that was described as the country’s most deadly terror attack.

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